The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-04-13
THE PAN HANDLE CASE.
story OF One of the Arrested Men Re-
gardlng the Methods Used.

riTTsBuRG, Pa. April 12.--The wholesale
arrests OF the employees of the Pan Handle
railroad for robbing freight trains continues
TO be the principal topic of conversation
among railroad men. Superintendent Tay-
ior ofnce was besieged from early morning
py dozens Of men who were in search of en-
ployment. They focked to the depot so fast
that line of them extended outside of the
once, waiting for their applications for stu
atlons as freight conductors or brakemen to
De heard. Many of them were given en-
pioyment The road is now fully equipped,
and there is no delay in the movement of
freight. No arrests have been reported since
last night. 1t is thought the officials of the
road are satisfied with the work of the de-
tectlyes, and that no more arrests will be
made in this city.
Speaking Of the probable conviction of
tne men now in jail, Special Agent Rue said
THIS morning that of the 60 men now under
arrest there were not more than one or posi-
ply two OF them who stood any chance of be-
ing nnIdanD shown not guilty Said he: We had our
eyrest t 50 complete that we didn't made
tnat the man was guilty. We expect to make
elgnt or ten more arrests of men who worked
successfully for time, and then, for fear of
detection, took positions on other lines. This
IN
or 70. '' W %
). X. Dunlap, who was captured at Denni-
son yesterday, said that the stealing had
been going on for months; that he could
give the names Of all the men implicated on
tne flttsDurg division of the Pan Handle,
p pat was afraid Of being killed for SO doing.
Lnere was no organization among the rob-
Ders, Dunlap said, and no regular place of
WORK Each crew worked by itself. 1t was
= con common non understanding that every man
shonid sho take all ne could and dispose of it to
the best advantage. There were number
OF principals" who reaped the largest ben
ents from the robberies by giving the others
pointers as to what cars contained the most
goods. s In Ihese persons were generously re-
Warded by the less prominent thieves after
the plunder had been disposed of to the
fences" These fences" were located in
N. New Phllldelphla, Dennison, Steubenyille,
clncinnattl, Pittsburg and other places.
ossoo sMsosWitnstandlng Dunlap's confession the
plumbers were thoroughly organized and
were carrying on the robberies under the
systematic direction of shrewd leaders.
While rummaging through the effects of
robbers, this morning. special officer dis
covered package containing six giant dy-
namlte cartridges, enough to blow up the
largest building in town. The discovery
created considerable alarm, and the car
trldges were handled with care. A further
examination disclosed lot of fuse and caps.
In TACT, all the necessary paraphernalia for
the successful firing of cartridges. Immedi-
ately after the finding of the dynamite. an
investigation was begun, the result of which
the detectives refused to make public, They
lntlmated that the object of the robber in Sc
curing and storing the dynamite was known.
ana that 1t would make good reading when
the proper time for its disclosure came.
The trials will be pushed as speedily as
possible 1t is believed large number of
the men will plead guilty on one or two
charges, and thus escape trial on an accamu-
iatlon OF charges. A number of petty fel-
lows, whose stealings were triiing, will be
discharged and told to leave this part of the
country. The wages of the men against
whom charges have been made have been
withheld by the company on the ground that
the men owe much more to the company
tnan is due them. There is little doubt that
the present exposure will lead to others on
other roads. Some of these are in the
pennsylvania Company's system, and some
In the Baltimore d Ohio. 1t is said that the
stealing of these other roads was not con-
fined to box car freights. Through the aid
OF teamsters and yard agents, large ouanti-
ties OF pig iron and manufactured iron and
steel have been stolen from cars in Pittsburg
and in several other cities not far away.
These cases will be worked up soon.